chkconfig command

A properly configured firewall can greatly increase the security of RHEL / CentOS based system. How do I configure a shorewall based firewall for CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux system with an Internet connection? How do I install and configure shorewall to protect the following small business network?

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I have Pandora Internet Radio One subscription, and recently I moved to Europe for a few months as part of my work schedule. The service fully available only in the United States. How do I access Pandora one service in Europe? Can I get around it by using a proxy server installed on my own server located in USA at home or ISP data center?

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I‘m getting the following error when I run mysql -u root -p

Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)

How do I solve this problem under CentOS / RHEL / Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5.x or 6.x?

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I would like to to delete my iptables based firewall rules under Linux. How do I delete rules individually or all at once under CentOS or Fedora Linux or RHEL based servers?

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How do I install memcached cache plugin under UNIX / Linux to speed up my dynamic database-driven wordpress blog by caching data and objects in RAM to reduce the number of times an external data source must be read?

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I want to copy (rsync to remote server) a directory tree whenever file uploaded or deleted in /var/www/html/upload/ directory under Linux operating systems for backup purpose and/or load balancing purpose without getting into complex file sharing setup such as NFS or GFS iscsi storage. How do I monitor /var/www/html/upload/ and its subdirectory for new files and executes rsync command to make copy back to www2.example.com:/var/www/html/upload/?

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Can you provide a guidance on default CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Redhat enterprise Linux services which are enabled at boot time by a default? Can you provide set of recommendations for all default services and which to keep for performance and security and which to turn off?

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